Why We Fight VI
Posted By G. Scott on August 24, 2008
Part VI begins to discuss the issue of “smart” weapons and just how smart they are.
Segment VI also introduces William Solomon, a New Yorker who enlists as a career move and looks at recruiting methods.
Quotes of the segment:
- “We appeal to people’s self-interest[ in recruiting for the military], and then put them in a situation that’s based on self-sacrifice.”
- Wilton Sekzer, on answering your country’s call in the past: “There was no such thing as, ‘Well, I wonder if my country is right.’ Is anybody lying to me about this?’ You don’t grow up thinking that. You grow up saying, ‘If the bugle calls, you go.’”
Was Sekzer’s earlier line of thinking too dangerous for the 21st century? Can we ever have that kind of trust in our leadership? Was it misplaced trust even 60 years ago?
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